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Miriam Feldmann Kaye. Jewish Theology For A Postmodern Age (London: Littman, 2019). 160 Pp. $39.95., Mark Randall James
Miriam Feldmann Kaye. Jewish Theology For A Postmodern Age (London: Littman, 2019). 160 Pp. $39.95., Mark Randall James
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James Diamond. Jewish Theology Unbound (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018). 304pp. $110., Alexander Green
James Diamond. Jewish Theology Unbound (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018). 304pp. $110., Alexander Green
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Replies To My Commentators, Steven Kepnes
Replies To My Commentators, Steven Kepnes
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Doing Positive Jewish Theology: The Case Of Divine “Regret”, James A. Diamond
Doing Positive Jewish Theology: The Case Of Divine “Regret”, James A. Diamond
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Response To Kepnes: Theology And Aesthetics, Daniel Rynhold
Response To Kepnes: Theology And Aesthetics, Daniel Rynhold
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Building Blocks To A Contemporary Jewish Theology, Miri Freud-Kandel
Building Blocks To A Contemporary Jewish Theology, Miri Freud-Kandel
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Steven Kepnes’ Proposal: A Pragmatic Reading, Peter Ochs
Steven Kepnes’ Proposal: A Pragmatic Reading, Peter Ochs
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In Defense Of Negative Theology: A Reply To Steven Kepnes, Kenneth Seeskin
In Defense Of Negative Theology: A Reply To Steven Kepnes, Kenneth Seeskin
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Theological Realism And Internal Contradiction: A Reply To Kepnes, Yehuda Gellman
Theological Realism And Internal Contradiction: A Reply To Kepnes, Yehuda Gellman
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Introduction, Mark Randall James
A Program For Positive Jewish Theology, Steven Kepnes
A Program For Positive Jewish Theology, Steven Kepnes
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Innovation In Crescas's Light Of The Lord, Peter Ochs
Innovation In Crescas's Light Of The Lord, Peter Ochs
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Wolfson's Pragmatic Crescas, Warren Zev Harvey
Wolfson's Pragmatic Crescas, Warren Zev Harvey
Journal of Textual Reasoning
In a 1912 essay, written when he was a student of Santayana's at Harvard, a young Harry Austryn Wolfson (1887-1974) presented Hasdai Crescas as a forerunner of American Pragmatism. Wolfson emphasized Crescas' "Hebraic" focus on action, and his critique of the Aristotelian notion of the vita contemplativa as the goal of life. The scientist's pleasure is not in contemplation itself, but in problem-solving, and problem-solving presupposes a "practical interest in the world." In 1929, Wolfson wrote his monumental Crescas' Critique of Aristotle, the most important study of Crescas' philosophy and one of the most impressive works of scholarship on …
Medieval Jewish Philosophy And Authentic Jewish Piety: Yitzhak Baer And Julius Guttmann On Hasdai Crescas’S Philosophy, Ari Ackerman
Medieval Jewish Philosophy And Authentic Jewish Piety: Yitzhak Baer And Julius Guttmann On Hasdai Crescas’S Philosophy, Ari Ackerman
Journal of Textual Reasoning
The article examines personalistic elements in Hasdai Crescas’ conception of God. It argues that embedded in Crescas’ innovative approach to divine attributes and divine love is a critique of Maimonides’ impersonalistic theology and an alternative theology which attributes to God a relation with human beings and personalistic features. It also examines how Crescas’ theological orientation regarding divine personalism is integrated into the philosophies of modern Jewish thinkers particularly Samuel David Luzzatto and Julius Guttmann.
R. Ḥasdai Crescas And The Concept Of Motivation In Modern Psychology And The Philosophy Of Education, Esti Eisenmann
R. Ḥasdai Crescas And The Concept Of Motivation In Modern Psychology And The Philosophy Of Education, Esti Eisenmann
Journal of Textual Reasoning
The concept of educational motivation refers to the desire to invest time and effort in a particular activity, even when this is difficult, exacts a high price, and may be unsuccessful. Recent decades have seen a growing recognition of the central role of motivation processes in students’ success in their studies and other processes of adaptation. Modern motivation theories attempt to study and explain the psychological processes that motivate human beings—processes associated with arousal, self-intention, and the like. According to these studies, motivation is both a cognitive and an emotional process, because thinking and emotion determine our individual path and …
"I Feel Love": Ḥasdai Crescas On Reward And Punishment, Igor De Souza
"I Feel Love": Ḥasdai Crescas On Reward And Punishment, Igor De Souza
Journal of Textual Reasoning
In his work Light of the Lord, Ḥasdai Crescas develops a seemingly naturalistic account of the doctrine of personal reward and punishment. For Crescas, reward and punishment are not doled out by a deity to an individual for fulfilling the mitzvot. Rather, reward or punishment depend on the extent to which an individual exercises will and effort in investigating true beliefs. One is rewarded not merely for accepting true beliefs as such, but more so for assenting to them, a process that involves intention as well as exertion in establishing the truth of those beliefs. Furthermore, one is …
Ḥasdai Crescas And Simeon Ben Ẓemah Duran On Tradition Versus Rational Inquiry, Seth (Avi) Kadish
Ḥasdai Crescas And Simeon Ben Ẓemah Duran On Tradition Versus Rational Inquiry, Seth (Avi) Kadish
Journal of Textual Reasoning
Hasdai Crescas (c. 1340-1410/11) and Simeon ben Ẓemah Duran (1361-1444) were products of the same culture and reflect a shared intellectual tradition. Persecution of the Jews of Spain in 1391 led the former to devote his life to rebuilding Spanish Jewish communities, while the latter fled Spain and became a rabbinic leader in Algiers.
As time went on, the intellectual gap between them became much wider than the sea that separated them. Duran was an eclectic thinker with a passion for the details both in his Torah study and in his analysis of the shared general knowledge of the middle …
Philosophy And Religion In R. Crescas's Light Of The Lord, Shalom Tzadik
Philosophy And Religion In R. Crescas's Light Of The Lord, Shalom Tzadik
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Four Critiques Of Crescas Against Maimonides And The Relationship Of Intellect And Practice In Religion, Alexander Green
Four Critiques Of Crescas Against Maimonides And The Relationship Of Intellect And Practice In Religion, Alexander Green
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The Inexhaustible Metaphor Of Light: Illuminating The Fault Lines Between Crescas And Maimonides, James A. Diamond
The Inexhaustible Metaphor Of Light: Illuminating The Fault Lines Between Crescas And Maimonides, James A. Diamond
Journal of Textual Reasoning
Moses Maimonides’ (1138-1205) Guide of the Perplexed, and his later philosophical and theological arch-nemesis Hasdai Crescas’ (circa 1340-1412) Light of the Lord, are works of philosophical theology intended in a core sense as primers on how to properly understand God’s revealed word. Since metaphor and allegory are the primary instruments of philosophical exegesis my paper focuses on light as a root metaphor which illuminates an array of the challenges Crescas mounts against Maimonides. Their different uses of light imagery capture what is the core issue that informs the opposition between them across the theological spectrum. For Maimonides reason is the …